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Psychology offer rates at 42 UK universities, 2025 UCAS cycle
In the 2025 UCAS main scheme (per application), the median psychology offer rate (often called the acceptance rate) across the 42 universities with data here (at least 20 applications each) was 81.5%; for applicants from outside the UK and EU it was 78.0%. G5 (all applicants): Oxford 13.7%, Cambridge 16.8%, LSE 21.1%, UCL 34.4%.
What is the psychology acceptance rate (offer rate) at each university?
Sorted by applications, largest first; click a header to re-sort. Brackets mean fewer than 20 applications: the rate is unstable and left out of the sorting and the median. University names link to all of that university's data.
| University | Offers | Outside UK and EU: applications | Outside UK and EU: offers | Accepted applicants (people) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Manchester 4,240 applications | 4,240 | 2,475 | 58.4% | 1,260 | 805 | 63.9% | 455 |
| King's College London 3,000 applications | 3,000 | 1,595 | 53.2% | 1,225 | 700 | 57.1% | 350 |
| University of Birmingham 2,885 applications | 2,885 | 2,210 | 76.6% | 550 | 430 | 78.2% | 435 |
| University of Liverpool 2,705 applications | 2,705 | 2,295 | 84.8% | 135 | 105 | 77.8% | 585 |
| University College London G5 2,600 applications | 2,600 | 895 | 34.4% | 1,370 | 515 | 37.6% | 225 |
| Loughborough University 2,550 applications | 2,550 | 1,965 | 77.1% | 165 | 130 | 78.8% | 310 |
| University of Bath 2,530 applications | 2,530 | 1,405 | 55.5% | 510 | 390 | 76.5% | 305 |
| University of Leeds 2,475 applications | 2,475 | 1,965 | 79.4% | 330 | 225 | 68.2% | 340 |
| University of Exeter 2,280 applications | 2,280 | 1,960 | 86.0% | 295 | 250 | 84.7% | 395 |
| University of Sheffield 2,280 applications | 2,280 | 1,615 | 70.8% | 240 | 175 | 72.9% | 245 |
| University of Edinburgh 2,195 applications | 2,195 | 1,125 | 51.3% | 915 | 670 | 73.2% | 215 |
| University of Nottingham 2,175 applications | 2,175 | 1,880 | 86.4% | 300 | 225 | 75.0% | 360 |
| University of Bristol 2,070 applications | 2,070 | 1,400 | 67.6% | 415 | 280 | 67.5% | 225 |
| University of York 2,060 applications | 2,060 | 1,735 | 84.2% | 195 | 160 | 82.1% | 395 |
| University of Warwick 1,910 applications | 1,910 | 1,540 | 80.6% | 550 | 425 | 77.3% | 270 |
| Durham University 1,885 applications | 1,885 | 1,670 | 88.6% | 480 | 430 | 89.6% | 355 |
| University of Surrey 1,880 applications | 1,880 | 1,710 | 91.0% | 195 | 165 | 84.6% | 365 |
| University of Leicester 1,845 applications | 1,845 | 1,615 | 87.5% | 135 | 100 | 74.1% | 430 |
| University of Kent 1,810 applications | 1,810 | 1,755 | 97.0% | 220 | 205 | 93.2% | 375 |
| City St George's, University of London 1,795 applications | 1,795 | 1,480 | 82.5% | 215 | 155 | 72.1% | 490 |
| Royal Holloway, University of London 1,790 applications | 1,790 | 1,585 | 88.5% | 195 | 160 | 82.1% | 375 |
| Cardiff University 1,770 applications | 1,770 | 1,380 | 78.0% | 245 | 205 | 83.7% | 250 |
| University of Reading 1,725 applications | 1,725 | 1,595 | 92.5% | 145 | 130 | 89.7% | 370 |
| University of Southampton 1,640 applications | 1,640 | 1,420 | 86.6% | 270 | 230 | 85.2% | 340 |
| University of Glasgow 1,500 applications | 1,500 | 1,075 | 71.7% | 390 | 340 | 87.2% | 250 |
| University of Sussex 1,465 applications | 1,465 | 1,370 | 93.5% | 205 | 180 | 87.8% | 370 |
| Queen Mary University of London 1,350 applications | 1,350 | 855 | 63.3% | 275 | 135 | 49.1% | 125 |
| Newcastle University 1,325 applications | 1,325 | 960 | 72.5% | 95 | 70 | 73.7% | 235 |
| University of St Andrews 1,315 applications | 1,315 | 490 | 37.3% | 375 | 260 | 69.3% | 135 |
| Aston University 1,180 applications | 1,180 | 1,000 | 84.7% | 65 | 40 | 61.5% | 220 |
| University of East Anglia 1,165 applications | 1,165 | 1,030 | 88.4% | 90 | 70 | 77.8% | 265 |
| University of Essex 1,155 applications | 1,155 | 1,095 | 94.8% | 160 | 145 | 90.6% | 175 |
| University of Strathclyde 1,145 applications | 1,145 | 725 | 63.3% | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | 200 |
| London School of Economics and Political Science G5 1,135 applications | 1,135 | 240 | 21.1% | 610 | 140 | 23.0% | 75 |
| Lancaster University 1,000 applications | 1,000 | 875 | 87.5% | 100 | 85 | 85.0% | 190 |
| Queen's University Belfast 915 applications | 915 | 735 | 80.3% | 65 | 55 | 84.6% | 205 |
| Swansea University 890 applications | 890 | 865 | 97.2% | 35 | 30 | 85.7% | 240 |
| University of Aberdeen 860 applications | 860 | 765 | 89.0% | 80 | 65 | 81.3% | 190 |
| University of Oxford G5 695 applications | 695 | 95 | 13.7% | 235 | 15 | 6.4% | 75 |
| University of Cambridge G5 655 applications | 655 | 110 | 16.8% | 290 | 25 | 8.6% | 80 |
| University of Dundee 630 applications | 630 | 590 | 93.7% | 45 | 40 | 88.9% | 80 |
| Heriot-Watt University 580 applications | 580 | 520 | 89.7% | 35 | 30 | 85.7% | 95 |
- UCAS rounds every count to the nearest 5 (a 0 may be 1 or 2). The rates here are worked out from the rounded counts, so they can differ from UCAS's own rates, most for small numbers.
- Offer rate = offers ÷ applications, main scheme only (by the 30 June deadline). Applications count choices, up to five per person; accepted applicants count people, including those placed through Clearing, so they are shown as a count and not divided by applications.
- “Outside the UK and EU” goes by domicile (where the applicant normally lives), not nationality or fee status. UCAS does not split this table by country, so it does not mean Chinese applicants.
- UCAS publishes by subject group (HECoS CAH level 1), not by course, and courses within a group can differ a lot.
- The all-applicants median covers the 42 universities in this table with at least 20 applications (43 on this site in all), not the whole UK. A low offer rate means strong competition, not a better or worse course; read it with the number of applications.
Sources and definitions
- UCAS — Undergraduate end of cycle data resources 2025, provider-level (main scheme applicants, applications, offers and acceptances by provider, domicile and HECoS subject group) · accessed 2026-11-03
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What is the acceptance rate (offer rate) for psychology at UK universities?
In the 2025 UCAS main scheme (per application), the median psychology offer rate (often called the acceptance rate) across the 42 universities with data here (at least 20 applications each) was 81.5%; for applicants from outside the UK and EU it was 78.0%. G5 (all applicants): Oxford 13.7%, Cambridge 16.8%, LSE 21.1%, UCL 34.4%. In UK data "acceptance rate" can also mean the admit rate (students placed ÷ applications); see the glossary.
Are there figures for Chinese applicants?
Not in this table. UCAS splits these figures by domicile (UK, EU, outside the UK and EU), not by country or nationality, so "outside the UK and EU" does not mean Chinese applicants. UK-wide (UCAS, all universities): in the 2025 UCAS cycle, applicants domiciled in mainland China made 155,130 main-scheme applications, offer rate 69.3%; Hong Kong SAR 24,430, 66.1%. Seven universities publish their own course- or department-level figures; see the admissions statistics overview.